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effective is in the philippines. do you see a continued joint special operations taskforce in the philippines continuing as it has sex -- as it has? >> i think that is a question best for the department of defense, but i would agree that both on the military side and the civilian side, we have had very good results in the philippines, and i think it demonstrates the kind of its advances you can make with a robust capacity-building effort, and robust coordination between our military and others. when i look around the region in particular of southeast asia, i think we have a strong model of what you can do with robust engagement with these countries, whether it is the philippines, indonesia, where others, and i would certainly bring that to the attention of the committee. >> thank you very much, ambassador benjamin. thank you for your testimony. we stand adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> from the colonial era, prohibition, to
effective is in the philippines. do you see a continued joint special operations taskforce in the philippines continuing as it has sex -- as it has? >> i think that is a question best for the department of defense, but i would agree that both on the military side and the civilian side, we have had very good results in the philippines, and i think it demonstrates the kind of its advances you can make with a robust capacity-building effort, and robust coordination between our military and...
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good i could have done in indonesia and, the philippines, malaysia, india and. i do not mean giving things to people. i'm dead set against the basic welfare of their -- welfare business, but empower them to fix things, get confidence in running their infrastructure, and they do it. in many cases, they need our help. this is a much better use of our resources, in my opinion. there were not too many old lessons learned. you're not supposed to talk into the microphone gets in front of your face. there are helpful people to take care of that. >> you talk about spending money. my question is would you address your thoughts on the seemingly endless desire of the corporate and political pressures by companies that make a lot of money by selling military equipment. what we read now, i would like to know whether or not you think it is accurate, but they're trying to force greater expenditures through congress than even the military people are asking for. if we are the only remaining "super power," are we over- militarized? but the problem is that we live in an era of sou
good i could have done in indonesia and, the philippines, malaysia, india and. i do not mean giving things to people. i'm dead set against the basic welfare of their -- welfare business, but empower them to fix things, get confidence in running their infrastructure, and they do it. in many cases, they need our help. this is a much better use of our resources, in my opinion. there were not too many old lessons learned. you're not supposed to talk into the microphone gets in front of your face....
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reactions have come in worldwide with condolences from australia, great britain, thailand, the philippines, members of the european union and other countries. we spoke with connecticut congressman jim time on this morning's "washington journal." >> among the many statements put out yesterday by congressmen and senators was this from representative jim himes in connecticut, replacing -- releasing a statement saying the "words cannot express the sadness and horror i feel at the horrendous shootings in connecticut. host: representative himes joins us by phone. where were you when you first heard about the shooting? guest: i was in washington. host: you are in the fourth district. this was in the fifth district, correct? the coat the town is just across the line to the fifth district, currently represented by chris murphy. it is part of fairfield county, just across the line from my district. host: your thoughts on the safety of the children going to school there? guest: that is a question on every parent's mind today. , and one of the interesting aspects of yesterday's events was set the scho
reactions have come in worldwide with condolences from australia, great britain, thailand, the philippines, members of the european union and other countries. we spoke with connecticut congressman jim time on this morning's "washington journal." >> among the many statements put out yesterday by congressmen and senators was this from representative jim himes in connecticut, replacing -- releasing a statement saying the "words cannot express the sadness and horror i feel at...
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and south korea and the philippines and australia. , we have a basis for american leadership. there's a relationship with india, the other great multiethnic democracy, which is rising as a tower in the region. we have, nonetheless ceded the ground in one important air that is asia. the last three trade agreement that was ratified in congress, south korean agreement, panama were negotiated in the bush administration. in 2003 china has secured 9 ftas and five more are in negotiations. indeed trade is the one place that we have not tilted toward asia, latin-america or any place else. free trade is one of america's greatest assets in helping both free markets and free people. now, asia then, we have an infrastructure for dealing with the challenges there. the immediately is -- middle east is much more chaotic. it lacks infrastructure, many of the pillars have been rattled by the events of the arab string. sometimes i wonder if the so called pivot to asia is because the middle east is too hard. we can't afford to pull back from that middle east that is so hard. it's fashionable to
and south korea and the philippines and australia. , we have a basis for american leadership. there's a relationship with india, the other great multiethnic democracy, which is rising as a tower in the region. we have, nonetheless ceded the ground in one important air that is asia. the last three trade agreement that was ratified in congress, south korean agreement, panama were negotiated in the bush administration. in 2003 china has secured 9 ftas and five more are in negotiations. indeed...
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does china have to back off the? are the philippines and japan partly to blame? >> if you can keep your answers short, we will get a least one more round. >> the last exercise i can remember was about 2006. are we hopeless? can we have any prospect at and a the atmosphere is not conducive now. she would be trying to make it that way? >> in reverse order, there was one recent u.s./china exercise. it very tellingly is where they had the counter piracy deployments. this is very far removed from the zones but we're discussing. it is more of a self-confidence that some of the pla have. it is not necessarily so noxious to think of the form of the united states and what is a very sensitive issue. on the blame game, i think this has been mishandled by all parties. it does look like china's stance have been highly reactive. yet to air on the cited doing more of. this instilled a belief that we, china, have to be better prepared to respond, ask questions. these have really alter the dynamics. it may well be that the chinese i thinks are their peer they'll leave it to that.
does china have to back off the? are the philippines and japan partly to blame? >> if you can keep your answers short, we will get a least one more round. >> the last exercise i can remember was about 2006. are we hopeless? can we have any prospect at and a the atmosphere is not conducive now. she would be trying to make it that way? >> in reverse order, there was one recent u.s./china exercise. it very tellingly is where they had the counter piracy deployments. this is very...
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the fata, in yemen, in the horn of africa and the philippines, and participated in the nato operation in libya that helped bring down qadhafi, the approach of working with and through others has only grown in importance to our mission of defending our country. in particular, the task of training, advising, and partnering with foreign military and security forces has moved from the periphery to become a critical skill set across our armed forces. it is, in many ways, the approach that this institute has promoted for nearly three decades. standing up the iraqi security forces was central to our ability to bring the war to a responsible conclusion last december. achieving our goal in afghanistan similarly depends on building an afghanistan that can secure and govern itself -- a reality that is now guiding the strategy that general allen is implementing on the ground as commander of the nato effort. as the war in afghanistan begins to wind down, the united states has an opportunity to begin to focus on other challenges and opportunities of the future. but as we do so, the united states is
the fata, in yemen, in the horn of africa and the philippines, and participated in the nato operation in libya that helped bring down qadhafi, the approach of working with and through others has only grown in importance to our mission of defending our country. in particular, the task of training, advising, and partnering with foreign military and security forces has moved from the periphery to become a critical skill set across our armed forces. it is, in many ways, the approach that this...
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and the philippines, especially the u.s. established the partnership for peace. >> first of all, it is worth mentioning where i see our future with china. we're balancing ourselves back into the pacific. that is not a containment strategy for china. in fact, the greek historian described what he called this trap. it was the athenian fear of rising sport that made war inevitable. i think that -- rising sparta that made war inevitable. we don't want the fear of an emerging china to make war inevitable. so we will avoid this trap. i think there are more opportunities than liabilities. you have heard all of our senior leaders said that we embrace china. in terms of partnerships, when i was chief of staff of the army, i was able to meet with my tla counterpart. those relationships are slow and their youthful, but they are positive. each service has a different kind of relationship, but that is because we return to work it out. two weeks from now, i will go to the shangri-la dialogue. i hope that my chinese counterpart will be the
and the philippines, especially the u.s. established the partnership for peace. >> first of all, it is worth mentioning where i see our future with china. we're balancing ourselves back into the pacific. that is not a containment strategy for china. in fact, the greek historian described what he called this trap. it was the athenian fear of rising sport that made war inevitable. i think that -- rising sparta that made war inevitable. we don't want the fear of an emerging china to make war...
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and dick lugar who was in charge and we worked together with people in the philippines. i remember steven bozz worth put together a thing called national movement for free fill means, this oversight of their elecks and ultimately it was 13 women in the same cathedral where akeeno lay in state after his asass nation. i attended an extraordinary mass. that was the place where we saw these 13 women come out and midnight with this halo of light shining over them because the only lights were the television cameras filming them. they each told of the numbers they were putting in were different -- the numbers they were putting in were not the numbers coming out on the board and the election was being stolen. and dick seized the reins and he was chairman of the oversight group and said we've got to call this the way we see it. we rushed back, met with president reagan and dick lugar and others changed history with that event. it was remarkable. that's what the foreign relations committee membership can do. in any place in the world i think. chuck hagel is another guy who underst
and dick lugar who was in charge and we worked together with people in the philippines. i remember steven bozz worth put together a thing called national movement for free fill means, this oversight of their elecks and ultimately it was 13 women in the same cathedral where akeeno lay in state after his asass nation. i attended an extraordinary mass. that was the place where we saw these 13 women come out and midnight with this halo of light shining over them because the only lights were the...
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governor lingle. >> the issue of promises that were made to the philippine know veterans after the war is not just a issue this is a moral issue for our nation. when we make a promise to somebody and say if you stand by us and are willing to die for us this is what you'll receive after the war. and we haven't kept that promise. this has gone on much too long. if i get to washington d.c. i want to be known on this issue. i want my fellow senators to know what i'm coming to talk about. it's going to be this very important issue for our veteran. it's gone on too long. i think i could bring a renewed energy to this issue if i can get re-elected. >> andrew has a question for governor lingle. >> there has been a lot of talk in the president campaign about whether it's appropriate to tax the rich. taxing the rich at a higher rate. what level do you consider a person to be rich and what percentage should go to the government? >> this is a terrific question. they currently pay 60% of all income taxes in the country from the top 2%. i think they should continue to pay at that level. but i do thi
governor lingle. >> the issue of promises that were made to the philippine know veterans after the war is not just a issue this is a moral issue for our nation. when we make a promise to somebody and say if you stand by us and are willing to die for us this is what you'll receive after the war. and we haven't kept that promise. this has gone on much too long. if i get to washington d.c. i want to be known on this issue. i want my fellow senators to know what i'm coming to talk about. it's...
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it is important -- in the philippines, we did not do it enough in my view with respect to marcos. it is not always the end of evaluation and balance that you lose a security advantage. that is not always the case. in the long term, that is definitely not the case. i brought an agenda from the christopher committee one time with about 15 different countries to the methodist building. i give the human rights groups the same decisions that are being posed at the christopher committee. you would have thought that they would all come down on the side of doing this. it was not about way at all. they had the same kind of effort to balance what needed to be done. in terms of my own view, i think we needed to do more earlier against she lay -- chile. we needed to put more pressure on the piano shaver's team. i think we could have done more on guatemala than we did. we did a lot. we did not do enough. >> i am going to do the sandwich in a minute. >> there is a story being told of looking on the wall and it says, yankee go home. someone had crossed the go out and had written in spanish, take
it is important -- in the philippines, we did not do it enough in my view with respect to marcos. it is not always the end of evaluation and balance that you lose a security advantage. that is not always the case. in the long term, that is definitely not the case. i brought an agenda from the christopher committee one time with about 15 different countries to the methodist building. i give the human rights groups the same decisions that are being posed at the christopher committee. you would...